Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1887-11-18
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SECRETARY OF STATES OFFICE.


| Act of June, 1927.
| Resolved by this assembly, That it is expe-
| dent and necessary that new State House
| for the accommodation of the General As
| sembly should be built in the city of New
| Haven.
Resolved further, That in addition to the
| accommodation required for the General As
| sembly it is expedient that the same building
| should contain accommodations for the Yari-
| GUS courts which by law are to be held at
New Haven, and if found practicable also a
| convenient room for the use of the town and
| city of New Haven, provided one third of the
expense is paid by the city, town and county
| of New Haven.
Resolved further, That a sum not exceed
| ing $4,000, one third payable in the present
year qS27O, one-third payable in 1928 and
| one-third payable in 1929, and the same is
| hereby appropriated for the purpose of de-
| fraying the expenses of building said State
| House, provided, nevertheless, that this ap-
preparation shall be of effect unless sum
equal to one-half of the above amount shall
| be raised by the city, town and county of
New Haven for above object contemplated
in the preceding resolutions.
Resolved further, Hon. William Moseley of
New Haven, Charles Il. Pond, Esq, of Mil
ford and John Q. Wilson, Esq, be and they
are hereby appointed committee to contract
for building said State House, to superintend
the building of same and to fix the place
| which shall be somewhere on the west Green
| in the said city of New Haven.
And said city and said committee from time
to time money may be wanted may draw
on the State treasury for the sums hereby ap-
propriated for the above object; not exceed
| ing one-third of said sum during the year
1928, and for the balance in the year 1929;
provided always that the said committee
| shall have no authority to draw as aforesaid,
! unless that said sum be raised and paid to
r i
or unless the same is agreed to be raised by
the city town and county corporations or
some of them; nor unless they procure good
and sufficient security that said State House
be built and completed for sum not exceed
ing $40, 900, and the State shall in no way
nor in any event be held liable for any ex-
pense in erecting said house which shall ex
coed said sum of $4,000.
Resolved further, That the interest of the
State in the present State House in New Ha-
ven is relinquished provided a new State
House is built and the committee authorized
to dispose of the same in furtherance of the
above object And in case the expense of
said new State House shall fall short of said
sum contemplated, then the State shall con-
tribute to said expense only in the proportion
aforesaid; and it is also provided that the
county and city of New Haven shall procure
a suitable site for said State House and
any expense which shall be incurred by said
county and city of New Haven in procuring
said site shall not be considered as any part
of the sum 20 be raised by said county and
city.
Copies from paper endorsed tax collection
for at city meeting June 30, 1897. Then
follows q copy of act of June, 1927.
Voted, That it is expedient for the county
and city of New Haven to raise the sum of
| $40, 900 for the object contemplated in said
resolution and in said proportion as shall be
fair and equitable.
Voted, That William Bristol, James Good
rich, Isaac Gilbert, Joseph N. Clark, Roger
s. Baldwin, Smith Tuttle, Isaac Townsend,
James Brewster, David Kimberly, Isabel
Tuttle and Ralph I. Ingersoll be committee
to confer with the judges and representa-
tives Of the county and to agree upon the
proportion of said sum which shall be rais-
ed by the city and county respectively for
the purpose aforesaid.
Voted, That the city of New Haven will
assume and will raise and pay, as contempla-
ted, the said proportion of said sum as shall
De by said commissioners agreed upon as the
joint proportion of the city and town OF
New Haven.
l Voted, That the said city Of New Haven